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Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat

1499/1500–1551 · 16th century

Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat was a Central Asian prince, soldier and historian, a cousin of the Mughal emperor Babur. He conquered Kashmir in 1540 and ruled it, nominally for the Mughal Humayun, until he was killed in 1551. His Tarikh-i Rashidi, a Persian history of the Moghul khans of Central Asia, is a major source for the region.

Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Kashmir SultanateYarkent Khanate

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